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ROLL MACHINE FUR REDUCING CEREALS FOR FOOD.

No. 532,697. Patented Jan. 15, 1895.

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.HENRY D. PERKY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CEREAL i MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. Y

ROLL-MACHINE FOR REDUCING CE REALS FOR FOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,697, dated January 15,1895. Application filed March 31, 1 894- Serial No. 505i (No 71105913 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY D. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll- Machines for Reducing Cereals for Food; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is .an end view, partly in section, of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, also partly in section, with the hoppers removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ma:

chine with the hoppers removed; and Fig. 4:

is a detail view of one of the groove-rolls and comb.

The object of this invention is to providea reciprocating or slide machine for the reduction of food, and especially for the reduction of grain to shredded or thread-like form, without detracting from the nutritious qualities and virtues thereof.

The machine consists mainly of the frame or pedestal H, the slide plate D, its gearing, the circumferentially grooved rolls or cylinders A, their gears, the hoppers E, and the discharging'combs P. The pedestalor frame is provided at its upper end with standards and the cylinder surface for the passage of the contents of the hopper, which is fed down between said roll or cylinder and the slide plate.

The grooved rolls are provided With gears G, and the slide-plate has a lateral rack connected therewith, which extends upward between and engages the roll-gears G. V

The rolls A are provided with fine grooves extending circumferentially around them, said grooves being preferably of V-form; and the combs P, having teeth of similar contour to enter the grooves and discharge therefrom the threads or shreds of the food product.

The slide plate D isconnected to the slotted cross-head W, which is given a vertically reciprocating motion by the revolution of'the cranks K, crank pin J, and the sliding box N. Motion is given to the cranks and crank pin by the shaft S, and its pulley T, which is belted to any convenient power shaft.

The grain or other material to be shredded, having been suitably prepared by boil-ing and drying to proper consistence, is placed in the hoppers and fed through the ways e, e, between the faces of the rolls and the reciprocating plate, whose rack r, engaging the gears of the rolls causes them to revolve first in one direction, and then in the opposite direction, On the downward movement of the rack, the material to be shredded is drawn between the inward turning rolls and the.

plate and forced into the grooves of said rolls from which it is discharged by the combs P,

which 7 are attached to the standards C, and

extend transversely of the rolls in front engaging the same. 7

Suitable pans or receivers may be placed.

' claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination with a grooved reduc-; ing roll and its discharging comb of the reciprocating plate engaging said roll, and mechanism for operating the same substantially as 3. The combination with apair of grooved of said rolls, the slotted cross-head slide-box 1o reducing rolls, their gear, and discharging and crank shaft, substantially as specified.

combs, of the reciprocating plates between said rolls and its rack engaging the gear of said rolls, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a pair of grooved reducing rolls, their shoppers, gear, and dis-l charging combs, of the reciprocating platebetween said rolls, its rack engaging the gear In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. PERKY.

Witnesses:

J. M. STANLEY, HARRY 0. JAMES. 

